Six Antelope County Players In All-Star Baseball Games

JUNIOR LEGION - Tyson Belitz, Grant White and Chris Bentley

SENIOR LEGION - Chase Kallhoff, Kendall Albin and Connor Bentley

Six Antelope County players competed in the Legion All-Star Baseball Games at Creighton last weekend.

The games were played in Creighton on Sunday, beginning with the Junior Legion game at 5 p.m. The Senior All-Star Game followed.

Tyson Belitz, Grant White and Chris Bentley, all of Neligh, were selected to play on the West Team in Junior Legion action, while Chase Kallhoff and Connor Bentley of Neligh and Kendall Albin of Tilden were chosen for the West Team in the Senior game. 

In the Jr. Legion game, White played the outfield at center and right; Bentley was the catcher; and Belitz covered short stop, left field and earned the save as pitcher. The West team, comprised of Neligh, Creighton, Atkinson, Plainview and Bloomfield/Wausa, edged out the East for a 7-6 win.

The West Team was defeated in the Senior game. Members of the Neligh Legion team covered the infield with Bentley at first; Kallhoff at second; and Albin at short stop.